Admission Requirements and Deadlines

Application Deadline:

Letters of Reference:

From Whom: Letters of recommendation should be obtained from faculty or others
familiar with the applicant's academic ability and achievement.

Coursework Required for Admission Consideration:

All applicants must present credentials that are the equivalent of the appropriate baccalaureate degree at Temple University.

Bachelor's Degree in Discipline/Related Discipline:

No.

Statement of Goals:

The statement should be roughly 500-1,000 words in length and
should address the applicant's specific interests and academic
goals.

Standardized Test Scores:

The GRE is required. 50th percentile in both verbal and quantitative
sections

Minimum TOEFL score or range of scores needed
to be accepted:
575 on the paper-based test or 230 on the computer-based test.
Applicants who score below 600 on the paper-based test or 250
on the computer-based test will be required to take and pass
a remedial English course during their first semester at Temple
University.

Transfer Credit:

Graduate credits from an accredited institution
may be transferred if the courses have
been completed with a grade of "B" or
better and if the courses are appropriate
electives from the program. Required courses are
not normally accepted in transfer. The
maximum number of credits a student may
transfer is 6.

Program Requirements

Campus Location:

Main Campus

Full-Time/Part-Time Status:

Students are required to complete the degree program through
classes offered after 4:30 p.m.

General Program Requirements:

Number of Didactic Credits Required Beyond the
Baccalaureate: 30

Required Courses:

CS 505, 506, 507, 508

Internship: No internship is required.

Language Examination: No language examination is required.

Culminating Events:

Comprehensive Examination:

Comprehensive
examinations are intended to ensure that
graduating students have retained and integrated
the content of the curriculum and are able
to apply linguistic constructs and methods
of inquiry to concrete problems. Subject areas
consist of syntax, phonology, morphology,
and a fourth area chosen by the student
under advisement.
Comprehensive
examinations are taken in the final semester
of matriculation. Questions are
written by core or affiliated faculty members
with expertise in the areas being tested. Evaluation
is done by the faculty member who wrote
the question. Students are
expected to demonstrate knowledge of the
subject area, ability to apply that knowledge
to concrete problems, and ability to write
coherent academic prose.
Examinations
are administered as required. One hour is
allowed for each question. The examination
may be taken over one or two days. Proctoring
is done by faculty members or department
clerical staff.

Department Contacts:

About the Program

The M.A. Program in Linguistics has two purposes:
it serves as a bridge program for students with
undergraduate degrees in other fields who want to
enter Ph.D. programs in linguistics, and with an
appropriate selection of electives, it prepares
students for careers in second language instruction
and related applications of linguistics. Core coursework
focuses on formal linguistics and the history of
the field; electives include advanced work in formal
linguistics, as well as courses in languages, psychology,
philosophy, TESOL, and other fields related to linguistics.

Time Limit for Degree Completion: 3 years

Campus Location:

Main Campus

Students are required to complete the degree program
through classes offered after 4:30 p.m. Students
are able to complete the degree program on a part-time
basis (8 credit hours or less per semester).

Department Information

Ranking:

Not applicable.

Accreditation:

Not applicable.

Areas of Specialization:

Faculty research activity is in syntax,
phonology, and morphology. Affiliated faculty
in other departments have research interests
in semantics, socioloinguistics, language
acquisition, and second language instruction.
Faculty members have expertise in Bantu, Slavic,
Romance, and Germanic languages.

Job Placement:

Graduates who have not gone on to
Ph.D. programs have become teachers of English
as a second language, translators, and linguistic
fieldworkers. Some students are in-service
teachers and fieldworkers.

Affiliation(s):

Not applicable.

Interdisciplinary Study:

Students in linguistics regularly
take courses in philosophy, psychology, education,
anthropology, English, and Spanish.

Study Abroad:

No.

Licensure:

Not applicable.

Non-Degree Student Policy:

All courses are available to nonmatriculated
students who have the appropriate background.
The Graduate School limits to the application
of nonmatriculated coursework to the degree
program are observed.

Financing Opportunities

Teaching Assistants (TA) assist faculty laboratory
classes. Research Assistants (RA) assist faculty
in research projects. Administrative Assistants
(Internships and Externships) do data base management
for the clinical education program or the speech-language-hearing
center or other administrative experiences. Assistantships
carry a stipend and tuition remission for 9 graduate
credits. Students may be supported for more than
one semester. Applicants interested in competing
for assistantships should submit an assistantship
application (included in application packet) and
curriculum vita with their application to the program,
and should have all application materials in by
February 1.